Model S: Clever Vanity Plates

[joshua.MA]

Another option in coming to Massachusetts residents is to get a special EV plate. According to the department of motor vehicles the plate is a "unique license plate that will help emergency responders quickly identify electric/hybrid vehicles, which require the use of special safety techniques." Not something that can be customized but still a status symbol. Possibly even more noticeable than a vanity plate in terms of other people on the road recognizing that I'm driving an EV.

http://transportation.blog.state.ma.us/blog/2012/04/rmv-electric-vehicle-plate.html

 

[MarkR]

I like "OPECFREE" but you can't get 8 letters here in Georgia.

Maybe "OPEC FRE" or "OPECFRE"

 

[MarkR]

In AZ, there is a special plate for Energy Efficient vehicles that allowed the first ten thousand plate holders to use the HOV lanes, BUT the vanity plate isn't an option, while the Alernative Fuel plates does allow customization (but no HOV access). BTW, someone has apparently reserved SCARGO in the state.

 

[brianman]

license plate that will help emergency responders quickly identify electric/hybrid vehicles, which require the use of special safety techniques

Special safety techniques?

 

[TEG]

Special safety techniques?

Find and disconnect the high voltage battery.
Usually there is a specific place where a wire is supposed to be cut or switch flipped to make sure a severly damaged vehicle has the high voltage cut off.

 

[spatterso911]

Find and disconnect the high voltage battery.
Usually there is a specific place where a wire is supposed to be cut or switch flipped to make sure a severly damaged vehicle has the high voltage cut off.

First responders receive regular education on how to extricate victims from vehicles and get updates distributed by manufacturers on how to disable their cars. The need to know this because it is extremely dangerous if you cut through the explosive charge on an airbag. Tesla has a specific manual for first responders and the roadster. I'm sure one is developed for the Model S and Model X as well.

 

[vfx]

...unique license plate that will help emergency responders quickly identify electric/hybrid vehicles, which require the use of special safety techniques."...

Wow, this is brilliant. CA needs to look at it this way.

 

[TEG]

Wow, this is brilliant. CA needs to look at it this way.

And of course do the carpool by the plate, not the silly stickers...

 

[clea]

The provincial governments of Quebec and i believe Ontario and are doing this now. It helps to identify vehicles which are valid for the parking spots reserved for charging as well as the carpool lanes. I can imagine that this will become more common as we progress.

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[sp4rk]

Nik

Fortunately, the UK allows and encourages it seems, the use on number plates, leet wording.

(Leet is the name of the language where you spell things like my username ... 4 for A, for example.)

Leet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cannot speak for other states, but in Illinois they do not allow it.

 

[sp4rk]

That's too close to PASSED GAS. :scared:

I had thought of NO TAIL. But it sounded too much like I was getting any!

 

[smoothoperator]

Wow, this is brilliant. CA needs to look at it this way.

Arizona also puts temporary plates/registration in the same spot a real plate would be when a car is sold/purchased. In California people drive around for months with dealer advertising paper plates. Millions lost in toll revenues and police enforcement, since people can basically go through toll plazas without paying a cent. Should be interesting to see what happens when the 110 etc get the toll lanes. Wish CA would follow AZ with regards to their plate protocol. It would save the taxpayers a ton of money.

 

[sp4rk]

Got me thinking that xxx 240V is a valid combination on the British system but none seem to be available

I don't envy you ... it's so much more difficult to get a great vanity plate in the UK.

A benefit (tiny one) of living here in USA!

 

[Rifleman]

I saw a leaf last week with the plate "no gas ev" Only the second leaf I have seen in the wild.

 

[Doug_G]

Saw a Volt the other day with "NOOO GAS" for the plate. Not too accurate.

 

[Zextraterrestrial]

Saw a Volt the other day with "NOOO GAS" for the plate. Not too accurate.

Maybe they don't know it takes gas and only drive around town?

 

[goyogi]

I saw a leaf last week with the plate "no gas ev" Only the second leaf I have seen in the wild.

Where do you live Rifleman? I see Leafs almost every day here in Silicon Valley.

 

[goyogi]

Saw a Volt the other day with "NOOO GAS" for the plate. Not too accurate.

Maybe his next car is a Tesla like me and my Volt! My license plate currently says

 

[goyogi]

Which BTW, I am at 14000 miles and a little over 21 gallons used.

 

[Rifleman]

Where do you live Rifleman? I see Leafs almost every day here in Silicon Valley.

I live in Cincinnati Ohio (also know as the great EV black hole)